tanks pass through a wrecked street in Coutances, Normandy in their drive to the sea beyond the town. Coutances, captured by American troops July 29, 1944, is some 18 miles west of St. Lo and was the key to the escape routes for thousands of Germans soldiers hemmed in further north

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